As sad as it is that CBGB’s is closing its doors at the end of the month, there couldn’t have been a better way to say goodbye to the Home of the Underground than with Pete Yorn. With his latest, Nightcrawler, just released, Yorn delivered some riveting new songs along with a repertoire of classics from his extensive catalogue.
Apollo Sunshine kicked off a tour-closing set in Northampton’s Iron Horse Music Hall to a crowd of starry eyed teens whose presence at a gig that started past 11:30 had to have broken a few curfews. The Iron Horse has long been known as the groups “home-base,” so to speak, and seeing as this was the last set the group would be playing before going on a lengthy hiatus, they made sure to put the extra effort into the set for their hometown-fans.
The Disco Biscuits and Diamond Riggs Records newest live release, Rocket 3, is the entire third set of the Biscuits 2004 New Years Eve performance in New York City. Highly regarded by both the fans and the band alike, this limited-edition three song collection is as much a nod to the past as it is a glimpse into the future. Featuring an awe-inspiring 30 minute version of “Magellan” and a “Frog Legs” that segues nicely into the second half of “Crickets”, this CD is most certainly all about the improvisation. As a bonus, the “Hope” encore is included on the CD.
These tracks, originally considered for release on the April 2006 double live album The Wind at Four to Fly (Diamond Riggs Records / SCI Fidelity) were moved to the cutting room floor when it was decided that a 70 minute 2 and a 1/2 song CD would not be well received at retail. However, the CD has received new life as a result of the many requests from Disco Biscuits fans that this be released in the crystal clear quality that can be expected of all Diamond Riggs live CD’s.
The band has decided to answer that call as a show of fan appreciation. Though the official release date in stores is November 14th, the CD will be available through a pre-order on www.discobiscuits.com and as well at all of the shows on Fall Tour, starting with the Halloween Bash at the Orpheum in Boston.
All shows from the forthcoming tour will be available for sale as downloads a few days after the show at livedownloads.com/bisco
From their Bows and Arrows album to this new release, the Walkmen seemed to be actively experimenting with their sound in the attempt to create something profoundly new and different. And although this unusual album is a largely uninspired mess of sorts, it
Two months after dropping off a co-headlining tour with Guster, Ray LaMontagne has announced a new round of theatre concerts.
LaMontagne will travel the U.S. for more than five weeks starting November 9 at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. He’ll head up the coast, making a single Canadian stop in Vancouver, and then cover the Midwest, South and East Coast.
The tour will wrap December 18 at a different Orpheum Theatre – in Boston.
Two concerts at London’s Union Chapel are scheduled prior to the U.S. tour, and LaMontagne will be back in the U.K. for a lengthy tour in January and February.
The Maine-based musician released a new album, Till The Sun Turns Black, in late August. The disc is the follow-up to his 2004 debut, Trouble.
LaMontagne toured with Guster for several weeks this summer but announced in late July that he would not be on board for the second leg, due to “unforeseen conflicts in his schedule.”
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Wolfmother has cut short its current U.S. tour after bassist/keyboardist Chris Ross’ partner gave birth a month early to a son in Sydney. The band played in Pittsburgh on Friday and at the Virgin Festival in Baltimore on Saturday (Sept. 23), forcing Ross to endure a 23-hour flight back to Australia on short notice.
The turn of events has necessitated the postponement of a Virgin Records in-store today in Chicago as well as a show on Thursday in Hollywood, which will be made up on Dec. 12. A Friday appearance in San Diego will not be rescheduled; refunds are available from points of purchase. Also scrapped is a Saturday set at the Download Festival at Shoreline Amphitheatre outside San Francisco.
Wolfmother had already planned to spend October at home in Australia before resuming North American roadwork Nov. 21 in Philadelphia. That tour will be preceded by a brief European run earlier in the month.
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What started as an erratic pop disc unfolds into a slide-guitar, gut-bucket, emotion-spouting masterpiece.
More than nine months after its originally scheduled release via Columbia, Nellie McKay’s sophomore album, “Pretty Little Head,” will finally arrive Oct. 31 on her own Hungry Mouse label. The 23-track, two-disc set, which will include a 44-page color booklet, will be marketed and manufactured by spinART Records, with distribution by Ryko.
As previously reported, McKay voluntarily left Columbia in late December, reportedly after both parties reached an impasse over the length of the project. McKay insisted the label release her 23-song, 65-minute version, while Columbia sent out promotional copies of a 16-song, 48-minute album, which was reviewed by several music magazines.
Source billboard.com.
2006 has been a great year in the Disco Biscuit’s 11 year history. They welcomed a talented new drummer, Allen Aucoin, into the Bisco fold and tour highlights included stops at the Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza Festivals as well as numerous tour dates and their highly successful Camp Bisco V which featured The Roots, Thievery Corporation and Brazilian Girls.
Now they announced some fall dates to continue to spread their unique musical smorgasbord style which fuses rock, electronic and classical music around the country. New Yorkers get to celebrate the Turkey Day holiday with some hot fresh Bisco.
10/19/06 Washington and Lee S&A Lexington, VA
10/31/06 Orpheum Theatre Boston, MA
11/01/06 State Theatre Ithaca, NY
11/02/06 Water Street Music Hall Rochester, NY
11/03/06 Calvin Theatre Northampton, MA
11/04/06 Sonar Baltimore, MD
11/09/06 The Town Ballroom Buffalo, NY
11/10/06 Bogart’s Cincinnati, OH
11/11/06 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH
11/12/06 House Of Blues Cleveland, OH
11/14/06 Bluebird Bloomington, IN
11/15/06 Blue Note Columbia, MO
11/16/06 Canopy Club Urbana, IL
11/17/06 Grenada Lawrence, KS
11/18/06 Fillmore Denver, CO
11/19/06 Fox Theatre Boulder, CO
11/24/06 Hammerstein Ballroom New York, NY
11/25/06 Hammerstein Ballroom New York, NY
It’s not a stretch to say that Over the Rhine is at their creative peak. The last few years have produced the art rock Films for Radio, the addicting double album Ohio, and the intimate and personal Drunkard’s Prayer, not to mention a few internet-only live albums that have been sold to dedicated fans along the way. Granted, they haven’t caught national attention like Wilco or The Flaming Lips, but nonetheless, it’s been a great time to follow their lead and watch them evolve.
